Dublin – know before you go:
Money –
- ·Ireland is part of the European Union and uses the Euro as its currency.
- ·Ireland is now ‘chip and pin’ compliant, meaning that security is much better when using you credit or debit card here as you enter you pin number into a pin machine to register a sale, instead of just signing your name.
- ·There are ATMs all over the city and in some supermarkets and other shops, and they accept all major bankcards from worldwide.
- ·It’s common courtesy to leave a 10% tip at all restaurants as long as a service fee isn’t include on the bill.
Business Hours-
·Shops normally open between 9am to 5pm on weekdays and Saturdays, and there’s late night shopping up to 9pm in a number of the larger stores and shopping centres on Thursdays and Fridays. Certain shops do open on Sundays with shortened hours, often between around 2pm to 6pm.
Telephones-
·Inevitably a great number of phone cubicles have been taken out of circulation due to the mass popularity of the mobile phone. There are some that do remain however and they take coins, credit or debit cards or international phone cards, which can be bought at most newsagents.
Emergency-
·Dial 999
When’s a good time to go-
·Dublin is always a buzzing place no matter what time of year, but we reckon the spring and autumn months are the nicest time as it can be little overwhelming in peak summer season. Similarly, many of the attractions are closed in the depths of winter. If you’re planning to arrive for a rip-roaring, wild St Patrick’s Day celebration – that’s the 17th of March, then Dublin arguably does it better than anywhere, just book well in advance or you’ll surely be disappointed. .
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